To: kretired: Thank you for the information. It is very specific and when we get the chance to visit St. Louis, we can actually go to the graves. I will share it with my father. Thanks again, Andrew >>> kretired@netzero.net 4/20/2004 1:32:47 PM >>> Found the following info: Frederick George Weckherlin, age 7, d. 12/18/1896, Old St. Marcus Cemetery George F. R. Weckherlin, age 49, d. 12/15/1896, Old St. Marcus Cemetery Fred. , George, and Meda Weckherlin were moved to New St. Marcus Cemetery on 1/9/1914. Blk 36, Lot 75, Grave 2. The owner of the lot was Geo. C. Finger, Jr. Found nothing for Andrew. At 11:36 AM 4/16/04 -0500, you wrote: >Help! I am searching for any information about my great-great-great >grandfather, Georg Friedrich Weckherlin and also my great grandfather, >Andreas (Andrew) Weckherlin. > >Georg moved to Hermann, MO. in 1850 from Wurttemburg, Germany. >Obviously he was one of the 48ers. He was a lieutenant in the army in >Germany in Ludwigsburg and later a captain in the union army in St. >Louis. Benton Hussars. After that I have no idea what happened to >him. > >Andreas just disappeared. It is said he drowned in the Mississippi >River. He was from St. Louis too. He had a son, Frederick Andrew >Weckherlin (my grandfather) in 1896. I would really like to know >something about my great grandfather so if you know something, pleaae >write me or tell me where I could find some information. Thanks! >Frederick Andrew > > >==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from this list click on >mailto:GERMANS-STLOUIS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (list >mode) or mailto:GERMANS-STLOUIS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe >(digest mode) - Contact mailto:GERMANS-STLOUIS-admin@rootsweb.com for list >related problems. For the GERMANS-STLOUIS-L archives, go to >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/germans-stlouis. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== OLD-GERMAN-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:OLD-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:OLD-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237